I love that we've apparently reached the "absurd flex" stage of watchmaking wher...

Hauthorn · 2025-04-12T08:10:05 1744445405

I think watchmakers have been pushing this for quite a while.

If you want more recent examples, see Richard Mille.

quickthrowman · 2025-04-12T13:07:44 1744463264

This is not new to watchmaking in the slightest. Highly complicated watches have been made for over 200 years.

Henry Graves Supercomplication was made by Patel Philippe in 1933, which was 92 years ago; https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patek_Philippe_Henry_Graves_...

An even older example is the Marie Antoinette watch by Abraham Breguet, which was started in 1783, 243 years ago: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Antoinette_(watch)